Antiskid device



' Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,798

H. LORCH ANTI SKID DEVICE Filed April 29. 1926 a I ENTOR.

Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

' HENRY mean; 93 anLwA -KEE,iwrseonsin.

new EVI- s Application med ey r129, rage. serial no. 105,414.

' This invention relates to improvements in anti-skid devices. i i

In anti-skid devices or itire as involve peripherally extending side chains connected at intervals bycross chain-s, there '1 are problems ;1'-esa1ting"fi-om wear of the cross chains. 'As "seen asthe cross chains .b'ecome fworn tlieii outer surfaces are flattened by the weanan'd their ezf-I fectiveness ingrimaing wet or icy surfaces is greatly dnnfrn sliedi Secondly; the Wear will" "ultimately result in breakage of the cross chain. In either'even t "replacement requires the use of soecial tools and equipment and usually requires that the entire anti-skid device be removed from thetire v for the purposes of repair.

It is the object of this invention to provide a special type ofcross chain which can be attached to orremoved from a standard anti-skid device in a few seconds and without any tools; which may be used with.

either side outward so that when the surface of one of its sldes becomes worn it may be inverted to present a fresh andunworn set of surfaces to the road; which may be attached or removed from the anti-skid device while the same is in place about the tire or casing of the motor vehicle rim; and which may be used either side up without in any way injuring the casing.

In the drawings: Figure 1 1s a side elevation of'the device embodying this invention as applied to a tire or casing.

Figure 2 is a similar View of the device showing the cross chain inverted.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the manner in which the chains are manipulated to release the cross chain from interlocking engagement with the peripheral chain of an anti-skid device.

Figure 4: is a side elevation of the attaching means for the cross chain.

Figure 5 is a tilted view of the attaching means taken on a section indicated at 55 in Figures 3 and 4.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

I The automobile casing or tire is repre-. sented at 10 and is encircled at both of its sides by peripheral chains l1 and 12. As usual, the peripheral or side chains are joined across the periphery of the tire by cross chains 15; This invention relates pe-.

culiarly to the'manner in which eachcross chainis} connected by a special attachment chains such fitting oridb'u ble link 16 to the side chains.

The double link or attachment fitting 16" is used at each end of each cross chain. Its

intermediate portion is bent double at 17 to i provide shank members 18 which embrace thelastlmk"l9'at the endof the crosschain proper and are brought close enough togethe'rat 20 to maintain their engagement Withsuch link. a

The'shanksl8 arebent at 20 to diverge rather sharply from. each other as .at 21.

Shank porti0ns21 are also arcuatelycurved asshownin Figure 4 and the 'curveiiscentinned 1n the form of a laterally open hook The extremities 23 of the device are carried around sufficiently, far so that in side elevation each part of the attaching fitting presents the appearance of a closed eye as shown in Figure 4. As clearly appears in Figure 5, however,'each such extremity 23 is offset from the adjacent shank portion 21 for a sufficient distance to permit the ready manipulation therethrough of the individual links 25 of the peripheral chains. The space between the two hooks 22 is such that they are adapted to engage consecutive links and thereby to divide the. strain transmit: ted from the cross chain to the peripheral chain.

Figure 3 shows the manner in which the peripheral chain is distorted slightly so that its component links may be caused to pass through the open hook portion of an attaching fitting such as has been described above. 3

Viewedin side elevation in Figure 4, symmetrical with reference to the planein which shank portions 18 are disposed'and each of the extremities 23 of the hooks lies substantially in said plane.

With this device across chain may be used with either side outermost that as soon I as one side becomes worn the chain may be inverted to present a fresh gr pping surface. The change may be made While the anti-skid device is in place on thetire and the engagementvand disengagement of the ends of the cross chain from the peripheral chain can be accomplished manually in a few seconds time. This is true regardless of which side of the cross chain is outermost.- It will be noted that to carry out: the purposes of the invention in this regard,

r the peripheral chain is important in that it ;the cross chains on the peripheral chains,

not only divides and equalizes the strain of but, furthermore, gives stability to the fitting and renders it more secure in its engagement with the peripheral chains. Due

to this arrangement there is almost no posparts whileat the same time the manual manipulation of the parts is extremely simple@ It will be seen, therefore, that the device I claim: v 1 In an anti-skid device for vehicle Wheels including peripheral and cross chains, an

attachment fitting comprising a strand bent double. intermediate its ends to embrace a link of one of said cross chains .and to provide'converging shank members, each shank member being bentto provide sharply di- 25 sibility of accident-a1 disengagement of the herein disclosed satisfiesthe objects of this invention.

verging shank portions, each diverging shank portion being bent at its extremity to form thereon laterally opening hooks, to permit the fitting to be detachably secured to a pair of interconnected links of one of said peripheral chains.v

' HENRY Lo ion 1 

